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Ridgewood NJ, is the polarization of America due to Republicans moving more to the right or Democrats moving left? The latter.
Public Opinion Strategies, a respected pollster which handles polling for the Wall Street Journal and NBC News, has examined data going back dozens of years and concluded:
“Over the last decade, Republicans barely budged on a host of issues while Democrat’s positions on abortion, climate change, immigration, and affirmative action have fundamentally shifted.”
For example, there has been a ten-point jump in the percentage of Democrats who declare themselves “very liberal.” They now make up nearly a third of all Democrats.
Or consider responses to the basic question of whether the government should do a lot more to meet the needs of people. In the 1990s, only 45% of Democrats thought so. Now that number is 82%. The percentage of Democrats who believe immediate action must be taken to combat climate change has gone from 50% in 2014 to 72% today.
On race relations issues the polarization is severe. To the question; “Do you agree or disagree with the following statement— America is a nation where people are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” 70% of Republicans agree with it, along with almost half of independents. But only 28% of Democrats do, down from 46% just a decade ago.
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liberal is a mental disorder
“New Jersey Schools Report More Than 4,200 Percent Increase In Nonbinary Students In Four Years.” Is this people getting more liberal or something more serious like a cultural revolution? Are Republicans not being swept up as well, taking things like Pride and Juneteenth at face value?
Juneteenth is an anti Democrat Holiday , as soon as they figure that out it will disappear
Evidence showing President Brandon committed real crimes surfaced and the FBI arrested the one president who didn’t cash in on the office instead. We are in a cultural revolution. It started in 2020 under the cover of a pandemic.
it started with Obama
this is obama third term
they put up brandon as a moderate… all of the obama leftovers are still running the country.. susan rice etc
welcome to socialism
FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE America…. that was Obama’s stated Goal.
Why is ANYONE surprised?
Not so much more liberal but less informed and most, are just not that smart.
In other words, more liberal…
Lack of border control at the Hudson River.
It’s amazing how the world changed in the past few years. It’s quite stressful and scary for our kids.
scary for everybody UGH
I noticed it at the chad debacle and Bush v Gore, followed by the loss of credible journalism
If you mean has it become their entire personality? Yes.
Given the chance to speak their minds without being canceled, shunned, mocked, labeled and attacked, most of these liberal neighbors would revert to common sense moderates.
Unfortunately, the cabal of bullies and fascists keep them in check.